Daily
CookBase H - Signy Island Antarctica

In later years from the 1960's on (ish) there was a base cook amongst the compliment whose
job it was to deal with all catering and associated matters. prior to
this with less personnel on base a specific cook was not needed and so
the job was organized by rota.

When there was a cook on base he would
have Sunday's off with the other base personnel taking the duty for that
day on a rota basis. I remember my first turn in the summer spending a
daunting day preparing food for 25 people. As it only happened about
once every 3 months though, you just needed the one set of dishes for
lunch and dinner if you weren't very adventurous - or competent as a
cook. My first attempt at fried rice was skewed towards the stodgy as I
recall.

This picture is one of a collection assembled in
2007 on
the 60th anniversary of Signy Island
Base: 60°43'S 045°36'W. Thank you to those who sent their treasured memories of their time in
Antarctica and allowed them to be made into a commemorative cd
and then placed here on the web.